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Glen Downie

Composer

Biography

Glen Downie is a Wellington based composer who holds a Master of Musical Arts from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, where he studied under Michael Norris and Dugal McKinnon. Past teachers have included John Psathas, Kenneth Young and Gao Ping. He has been a finalist in the 2014 NZSO Todd Corporation Young Composers Award, a co-winner of the NZ Trio's inaugural composing competition (2015), and won multiple prizes from the NZSM, including three second placings in the composers competition, the 2015 Jenny McLeod award, and the 2017 Matthew Marshall Prize for guitar composition.

He has had performances by the Intrepid Music Project, Stroma, Te Kōkī Trio, and the SMP Ensemble of which he is co-director. In 2016 he was selected to participate in the Palendriai International Composers Course in Lithuania, and also created a soundtrack (along with Christopher Wratt) for Sonya Lacey's video installation Infinitesimals.

2017 saw the première of his orchestral work ‘Hot Coals’ by the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, which was also selected for the Tactus Young Composers Forum, Belgium, where it was workshopped by the Brussels Philharmonic, alongside a workshop and concert by Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles. Recently he has been appointed the 2019 NZSO National Youth Orchetsra Composer in Residence.

Also a keen free improvisor on saxophone, he has played with Jeff Henderson, Christopher Wratt, Pyramid Lake (an improvised quartet with Rob Thorne, Simon Eastwood and Dexter Stanley-Tauvao) and founded the large improvising ensemble Composting Imposters.


Composed (20)

Cepheid

for organ


Cepheid II

for solo accordion, 3m 30s


Chimera

for violin and harp, 8m


Extrapolation

for piano trio, 1m 30s


Gorzanis frammenti

for solo guitar


Hot Coals

for orchestra (without violins)


Jive for Giuffre

for clarinet, double bass and drum kit


Kotahi Rārangi Ūngutu

for saxophone and taonga pūoro


Leah's Story

for saxophone quartet and percussion


light speckled droplet

for orchestra and mixed choir, 10m


Parawhenua

for taonga pūoro, saxophone, bass and drums


Rivet

for flute, oboe and piano, 9m


Row of Suspects

for solo percussion


Song of the Little Hunter

for soprano and string quartet


Suite for Solo Viola

for solo viola, 16m


Swing Set

for chamber ensemble, 7m


The Li[lbur]ndy Hop

for ensemble of ten players, 2m 45s


Three Miniatures

for clarinet, accordion and tuba, 4m 30s



Performances (12)

NZSO National Youth Orchestra | NYO Celebrates

__James Judd__ | Conductor __New Zealand Youth Choir__ (David Squire Music Director) ___ _...


Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Napier)

__Melanie Lançon__ | flute __Bede Hanley__ | oboe __Stephen De Pledge__ | piano ___ _...


Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Auckland)

__Additional performances:__ ​ [August 1st (Napier)](https://www.sounz.org.nz/events/2792...


POSTPONED: Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Dunedin)

__This event is postponed due to the current COVID-19 lockdown.__ ___ __Melanie Lançon__ | flut...


POSTPONED: Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Invercargill)

__This event is postponed due to the current COVID-19 lockdown.__ ___ __Melanie Lançon__ | flut...


Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Hamilton)

__Melanie Lançon__ | flute __Bede Hanley__ | oboe __Stephen De Pledge__ | piano ___ _...


Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Nelson)

__Additional performances:__ [August 1st (Napier)](https://www.sounz.org.nz/events/2792...


POSTPONED: Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Christchurch)

__This event is postponed due to the current COVID-19 lockdown.__ ___ __Melanie Lançon__ | fl...


POSTPONED: Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Wellington)

__This event is postponed due to the current COVID-19 lockdown.__ ___ __Melanie Lançon__ | flut...


POSTPONED: Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (Palmerston North)

__This event is postponed due to the current COVID-19 lockdown.__ ___ __Melanie Lançon__ | flut...


POSTPONED: Chamber Music NZ | Fantasy & Romance (New Plymouth)

__This event is postponed due to the current COVID-19 lockdown.__ ___ __Melanie Lançon__ | flut...


New music Central: Cepheid III

Join us for the world premiere of Cepheid III for solo percussion, written by Pōneke based compos...